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Jen Modarelli, CEO and principal of White Horse, has been studying federal government apps and joins In Depth with tips to make the most of mobile apps.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs says it\'s been able to increase the number of IT projects its staff are working on by 60 percent. VA says when it studied its IT projects, it found the people working on some of them were far busier than they were on other projects. So IT employees now work in a competency model, moving their skills from project to project based on VA\'s needs and priorities at any given time. VA thinks it\'s also led to a more satisfied workforce. They say turnover right now is about half what it is in the private sector.
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The Office of Science and Technology Policy is turning to industry and academia for ideas on how to make sure publicly funded research data is available to the public. Under the America Competes Act, unclassified federally funded research has to be accessible to the public. OSTP wants ideas on how to make sure the data can be preserved, that it\'s interoperable and accessible, and that it can be reused and re purposed effectively. OSTP will develop recommendations for agency data policy and report them to Congress.
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The EPA has announced five winners for its Apps for the Environment Challenge. The agency designed the contest to help promote the creation of mobile apps that make innovative uses of EPA\'s own data. The top overall app the agency selected is a light bulb finder that lets mobile users weigh their lighting needs against financial considerations and the environmental impact of their choices. EPA also selected winners in categories created by students, and a winner for the most popular app as chosen by users.
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The Office of Personnel Management faces a House subcommittee today to answer questions about its handling of the USAJobs relaunch.
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Under the $40 million deal, ICE wants a modernized system that gives investigators access to more than 100 disparate databases.
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Billions being paid to beef up smart grid to make sure its cyber-secure.
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GPO\'s Chief Technology Officer Ric Davis talks about launching the agency\'s first mobile app. Users will be able to access information about members of Congress on their mobile devices.
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David Johnson, a senior analyst at Forrester, has been looking at what managers need to do to integrate Apples into their agency\'s network.
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Web 2.0 guru Steve Lunceford, joins host Mark Amtower to talk about how contractors are using, Twitter, LinkedIn and other social networking tools. November 14, 2011
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The spyware was designed to steal your information, and open the network for even worse cyber attacks.
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Yogesh Khanna, the chief technology office of CSC\'s North American Public Sector, has compiled his list of top 10 lessons learned.
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Forrester\'s David Johnson explains the steps you need to take to bring in Apple technology.
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92 percent of plans have taken steps to educate their members about health information technology, but less than 5 percent of members are accessing their records online.
November 14, 2011
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